Bolsonaro will accept Amazon fire aid if Emmanuel Macron ‘withdraws insults’
President Jair Bolsonaro says the French president was insulting, while Macron speaks of ‘rude’ comments made about his wife — all while the Amazon is aflame
27 August 2019 - 17:56
Porto Velho — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that he is open to discussing G7 aid for fighting fires in the Amazon if his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron “withdraws insults” made against him.
Bolsonaro’s remarks come amid an escalating war of words with Macron over the worst fires in years that have sparked a global outcry and threatened to torpedo a huge trade deal between the EU and South American countries...
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